Accession Number | E03708 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Hindenburg Outpost Line Area, Vendelles |
Date made | 27 September 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A bridge built across a railway cutting near Vendelles, in France, by the 12th Field Company of ...
Description
A bridge built across a railway cutting near Vendelles, in France, by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers, with materials salvaged from captured German dumps. This structure, built alongide a destroyed German brick arch bridge, and constructed of timber trestles and rolled steel joists, had a total span of 86 feet, was 32 feet high, and took an axle load of 14 tons.